2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

1899 Hoffenheim

2012–13 season
Chairman	Jochen A. Rotthaus
Manager	Frank Kramer
Stadium	Rhein-Neckar Arena, Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga	TBD
DFB-Pokal	Eliminated in 1st Round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season is the 114th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs fifth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 2008.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where they were knocked out in the first round by fourth division side Berliner AK 07, losing 4–0.^[1]

Review and events

1899 Hoffenheim started their season with a 4 – 0 defeat against Berliner AK; a regional team.^[2] This was the largest victory for a fourth division club against a Bundesliga side.^[3] Tim Wiese made his competitive debut for the club.^[3] On 3 December manager Markus Babbel was released because of poor results, with the team in 16th place in the Bundesliga.^[4][5]

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Bundesliga

1 25 August 2012 (2012-08-25)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jantschke  22' Hanke  33' Arango  79' Xhaka  88'	Report	Roberto Firmino  66'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,146 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

2 1 September 2012 (2012-09-01)	1899 Hoffenheim	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schröck  30', 73' Weis  57' Salihović  69', 70'	Report (German)	Oczipka  4' Meier  39'  83' (pen.) Schwegler  43' Inui  73' Lanig  90'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 29,650 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

3 16 September 2012 (2012-09-16)	SC Freiburg	5–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guédé  17' Kruse  27' Sorg  45' Schuster  63' Diagne  68' Makiadi  83' Freis  87'	Report (German)	Delpierre  2'  51' Ochs  30' Rudy  45' Vukcevic  57' Usami  76' Williams  82'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,800 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

4 23 September 2012 (2012-09-23)	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Johnson  27' Williams  36' Beck  64' Salihović  82' Williams  90+2'	Report (German)	Delpierre  26' (o.g.) Felipe  56' Eggimann  90'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,575 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

5 26 September 2012 (2012-09-26)	VfB Stuttgart	0–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kvist  51' Cacau  75'	Report (German)	Usami  5' Williams  42' Joselu  47'  78' Johnson  58'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,720 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

6 29 September 2012 (2012-09-29)	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Volland  11' Williams  84' Salihovic  88'	Report (German)	Vogt  90+1'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

7 6 October 2012 (2012-10-06)	Bayern Munich	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ribery  19'  47'	Report (German)	Williams  55' Beck  59' Firmino  65'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)

8 19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)	1899 Hoffenheim	3–3	Greuther Fürth	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Firmino  8' Joselu  67'  89'	Report (German)	Stieber  25'  39' Fürstner  42' Prib  45+1'  84' Sararer  49' Kleine  79' Sobiech  90+3'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 22,150 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

9 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27)	Mainz 05	3–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Szalai  21'  46'  64'	Report (German)	Baumgartlinger  34' Williams  68' Rudy  69'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,067 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

10 3 November 2012 (2012-11-03)	1899 Hoffenheim	3–2	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Volland  13' Rudy  20' Firmino  67' (pen.) Schipplock  90+1'	Report (German)	Neustädter  37' Fuchs  63' Afellay  64' Huntelaar  73' Uchida  82'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

11 10 November 2012 (2012-11-10)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kruse  4' Lebels  77'	Report (German)	Firmino  33' Joselu  39' Compper  47', 51'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 41,200 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

12 18 November 2012 (2012-11-18)	1899 Hoffenheim	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Hoffenheim
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rudy  55' Pelle Jensen  77' Derdiyok  88'	Report	7' Hasebe  24' Dost  63' Josué  78' Naldo	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

13 25 November 2012 (2012-11-25)	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delpierre  9' Johnson  59'	Report (German)	Bender  15' Carvajal  38' Toprak  40' Reinartz  78'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Christian Dingert (Thallichtenberg)

14 28 November 2012 (2012-11-28)	1. FC Nuremberg	4–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Nuremberg
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kiyotake  6'  86' Klose  23' Nilsson  43' Polter  69'	Report (German)	Firmino  14' Delpierre  18' Schipplock  33' Rudy  65' Salihovic  81' (pen.) Beck  89'	Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 30,397 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

15 2 December 2012 (2012-12-02)	1899 Hoffenheim	1–4	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schipplock  10' Schröck  21' Salihović  43'  50'	Report (German)	Prödl  9'  21' Arnautovic  29'  73'  79'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg

16 7 December 2012 (2012-12-07)	Hamburger SV	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rudnevs  27'  74' Skjelbred  84'	Report (German)	Volland  46'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

17 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)	1899 Hoffenheim	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schipplock  35' Weis  53'	Report (German)	Götze  26' Großkreutz  58' Lewandowski  66'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

18 19 January 2013 (2013-01-19)	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vestergaard  30' Weis  52' Usami  71'	Report (German)	Brouwers  43' Herrmann  87'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 26,750 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

19 26 January 2013 (2013-01-26)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rode  5' Lanig  35' Aigner  67' Zambrano  77'	Report (German)	Advíncula  22' Usami  44' Volland  65'	Stadium: Commerzbank Arena Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

20 2 February 2013 (2013-02-02)	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Volland  10'  27' Beck  28' Polanski  65' Firmino  83'	Report (German)	Kruse  4' Hedenstad  45' Schuster  90+2'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

21 9 February 2013 (2013-02-09)	Hannover 96	1–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Hannover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diouf  8'  89' Pander  12'	Report (German)	Firmino  16' Polanski  45'	Stadium: AWD Arena Attendance: 35,200 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

22 17 February 2013 (2013-02-17)	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Williams  44' Joselu  73'	Report (German)	Harnik  3'  83' Boka  19' Traoré  63' Okazaki  90+1' Rüdiger  90+3' Ibišević  90+4'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

23 23 February 2013 (2013-02-23)	FC Augsburg	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hahn  1' Ji  45' Mölders  79' de Camargo  90+2'	Report (German)	Volland  4' Beck  39' Polanski  50' Vestergaard  70' Schröck  88'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,211 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

24 3 March 2013 (2013-03-03)	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Bayern Munich	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Williams  54' Schröck  69' Derdiyok  82'	Report (German)	Boateng  44' Gomez  38'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

25 9 March 2013	Greuther Fürth	0 - 3	1899 Hoffenheim	Fürth
15:30	Petsos  26' Peković  88'	Summary	Roberto Firmino  10'  11' Joselu  16' Volland  38' Weis  50'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,760 Referee: Knut Kircher

26 16 March 2013	1899 Hoffenheim	0 - 0	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
15:30	Ochs  48' Vestergaard  73'	Summary	Wetklo  61'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann

27 30 March 2013	Schalke	3 - 0	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Neustädter  61' Höger  72' Raffael  79' Pukki  83'	Summary	Vestergaard  21' Roberto Firmino  69'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,743 Referee: Felix Brych

28 5 April 2013	1899 Hoffenheim	3 - 0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Sinsheim
20:30	Roberto Firmino  11' Salihović  45+1' Lambertz  75' (o.g.) Schipplock  77' Weis  83' Volland  90+4'	Summary	Latka  14' Tesche  36' Ilsø  77'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

29 13 April 2013	Wolfsburg	2 - 2	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30	Arnold  13'  41' Medojević  43' Naldo  86'	Summary	Salihović  35' (pen.) Roberto Firmino  45' Beck  63'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,221 Referee: Daniel Siebert

30 20 April 2013	Bayer Leverkusen	5 - 0	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30	Kießling  16', 65' Schürrle  31', 69' Sam  78' Reinartz  79'	Summary	Polanski  23'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,683 Referee: Winkmann

31 27 April 2013	1899 Hoffenheim	2 - 1	Nuremberg	Sinsheim
15:30	Weis  11' Salihović  19' Rudy  32' Casteels  57'	Summary	Esswein  39' Simons  58' (pen.) Balitsch  68'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,675 Referee: Schmidt

32 4 May 2013	Werder Bremen	2 - 2	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30	Hunt  2' (pen.) De Bruyne  24' Fritz  45+1' Kroos  58' Bargfrede  62'	Summary	Abraham  1' Vestergaard  74' Schipplock  79'  85', 90+1'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

33 11 May 2013	1899 Hoffenheim	1-4	Hamburger	Sinsheim
15:30	Volland  61'	Summary	Son Heung-Min  18' Aogo  35' Jiráček  60' Diekmeier 85' Rudņevs  88'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Christian Dingert

34 18 May 2013	Borussia Dortmund	1-2	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
15:30	Lewandowski  6' Weidenfeller  80' Reus  85'	Summary	Rudy  26' Vestergaard  30' Schipplock  71' Salihović  77' (pen.)  82' (pen.) Roberto Firmino  80'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Jochen Drees

DFB-Pokal

1st Round 18 August 2012 (2012-08-18)	Berliner AK	4 – 0	1899 Hoffenheim	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cakmak  3'  49' Gerlach  31' Kruschke  40'			Stadium: Poststadion Attendance: 1.468 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

Squad

Squad and statistics

As of 4 March 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Tim Wiese	11	0	10	0	1	0
19	GK		Jens Grahl	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Koen Casteels	9	0	9	0	0	0
34	GK		Heurelho Gomes	5	0	5	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Andreas Beck	22	0	21	0	1	0
3	DF		Matthias Jaissle	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Stefan Thesker	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF		David Abraham	5	1	5	0	0	1
14	DF		Chris	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Matthieu Delpierre	20	1	19	1	1	0
16	DF		Fabian Johnson	23	3	23	3	0	0
21	DF		Patrick Ochs	6	0	6	0	0	0
28	DF		Pelle Jensen	2	0	2	0	0	0
29	DF		Jannik Vestergaard	8	0	7	0	1	0
35	DF		Kevin Conrad	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF		Stephan Schröck	8	0	8	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Sebastian Rudy	17	0	16	0	1	0
7	MF		Boris Vukčević	6	0	5	0	1	0
8	MF		Filip Malbašić	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Daniel Williams	18	1	18	1	0	0
17	MF		Tobias Weis	11	0	10	0	1	0
20	MF		Ahmed Sassi	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Roberto Firmino	24	3	23	3	1	0
23	MF		Sejad Salihović	13	3	12	3	1	0
25	MF		Luis Advíncula	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Sandro Wieser	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Vincenzo Grifo	12	0	12	0	0	0
33	MF		Takashi Usami	20	2	19	2	1	0
37	MF		Andreas Schön	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Andreas Ludwig	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Afriyie Acquah	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF		Eugen Polanski	18	0	17	0	1	0
Strikers
9	FW		Sven Schipplock	10	3	9	3	1	0
10	FW		Igor de Camargo	21	3	19	3	2	0
11	FW		Eren Derdiyok	20	1	19	1	1	0
18	FW		Joselu	20	4	20	4	0	0
24	FW		Michael Gregoritsch	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Kevin Volland	25	4	24	4	1	0
38	FW		Kai Herdling	0	0	0	0	0	0

In

N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving from Type Transfer window Ends Transfer fee Source MF Takashi Usami 20 Gamba Osaka Loan Summer 2013 Undisclosed [6] MF Joseph-Claude Gyau 19 Youth system Promoted Summer 2012 N/A [7] MF Eren Derdiyok 23 Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2016 £5 M GK Tim Wiese 30 SV Werder Bremen Transfer Summer Free Out N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving to Type Transfer window Transfer fee Source 37 DF Manuel Gulde 21 EU SC Paderborn End of contract Summer N/A [8] 41 DF Philipp Klingmann 21 EU Karlsruher SC End of contract Summer N/A [9] 15 FW Peniel Mlapa 21 EU Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Summer Undisclosed [10] 8 FW Knowledge Musona 22 FC Augsburg Loaned out Summer Undisclosed [11] 1 GK Daniel Haas 28 EU 1. FC Union Berlin End of contract Summer N/A [12] 33 GK Tom Starke 31 EU Bayern Munich Transfer Summer Undisclosed [13] 26 DF Andreas Ibertsberger 29 EU Free agent End of contract Summer N/A [14] 39 FW Srđan Lakić 28 VfL Wolfsburg End of loan Summer N/A [15] Sources ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 6 September 2012 ↑ "0:4! Hoffenheim scheitert an Berliner Viertligist". Die Welt (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.  ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hallam, Mark (18 August 2012). "Hoffenheim humbled by fourth-tier Berlin team". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 18 August 2012.  ↑ "René Adler" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 November 2012.  ↑ "Trainer Markus Babbel und Rainer Widmayer freigestellt - U23-Coach Frank Kramer übernimmt bis auf weiteres" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 11 December 2012.  ↑ "Ausleihe plus Kaufoption: Hoffenheim holt Usami". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "Babbel bangt um ein Trio - Chance für Babel?". kicker (in German). 13 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "SCP holt Gulde als Palionis-Ersatz". kicker (in German). 29 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "Philipp Klingmann wechselt zum KSC" (in German). Karlsruher SC. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "Fohlen eisen Mlapa von Hoffenheim los". kicker (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "Fix und ligaunabhängig: FCA kauft Moravek". kicker (in German). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "Haas wird die neue Nummer eins bei Union". kicker (in German). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "Starke wird Neuers Ersatzmann". kicker (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "Ibertsberger: Der erwartete Abschied bestätigt". kicker (in German). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  ↑ "Lakic und Haas verlassen die TSG". kicker (in German). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.  External links 2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season at Weltfussball.de (German) 2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season at kicker.de (German) 2012–13 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season at Fussballdaten.de (German) TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Information Club Reserve team Players Managers Dietmar Hopp Stadia Rhein-Neckar Arena Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion Carl-Benz-Stadion Seasons 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2012–13 in German football « 2011–12 2013–14 » League competitions Men Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga Regionalliga Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mittelrhein, Niedersachsen, Niederrhein, Nordost, Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Schleswig-Holstein, Westfalen) Women Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Cup competitions Men DFB-Pokal (Final) DFL Supercup Women DFB-Pokal European competitions Men Champions League (Final) Europa League Women Champions League Related to national teams Men 2014 FIFA World Cup (2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C) Joachim Löw Women UEFA Women's Euro 2013 (UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2) 2013 Algarve Cup Silvia Neid Transfers Summer 2012 Winter 2012–13 Team seasons Men's Bundesliga 1899 Hoffenheim FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf SC Freiburg Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Mainz 05 1. FC Nürnberg Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg Men's 2. Bundesliga 1860 München VfR Aalen VfL Bochum MSV Duisburg Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Erzgebirge Aue FSV Frankfurt Hertha BSC FC Ingolstadt 04 Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Köln FC St. Pauli Paderborn 07 SV Sandhausen 1. FC Union Berlin Men's 3. Liga Alemannia Aachen Arminia Bielefeld SV Babelsberg 03 Wacker Burghausen Chemnitzer FC Darmstadt 98 Borussia Dortmund II Rot-Weiß Erfurt Hallescher FC Hansa Rostock 1. FC Heidenheim Karlsruher SC VfL Osnabrück Preußen Münster Kickers Offenbach 1. FC Saarbrücken Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart II SpVgg Unterhaching Wehen Wiesbaden